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Emily Cox
Henry Rathvon
NY Times, Sun, Dec 07, 2003 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
7-Down : Battle for an item of neckwear and headwear (8)
Author:
Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 30, Blocks: 67
1 Y | O | 2 S | E | 3 M | I | 4 T | E | | 5 S | 6 P | E | 7 A | K | 8 S |
E | | O | | Y | | H | | | | E | | N | | A |
9 S | E | L | L | S | | 10 E | L | 11 C | A | P | I | T | A | N |
M | | E | | T | | F | | E | | Y | | I | | D |
12 E | P | I | C | E | N | T | E | R | | 13 S | C | E | N | T |
N | | L | | R | | | | T | | | | T | | R |
| | | 14 S | I | E | 15 R | R | A | N | 16 E | V | A | D | A |
17 A | | 18 D | | E | | A | | I | | L | | M | | P |
19 F | O | R | E | S | T | R | A | N | G | E | R | | | |
L | | I | | | | E | | | | V | | 20 R | | 21 C |
22 U | M | B | E | 23 R | | 24 B | A | 25 L | L | A | D | E | E | R |
T | | B | | E | | I | | I | | T | | T | | U |
26 T | O | L | E | R | A | T | E | S | | 27 I | V | I | E | S |
E | | E | | A | | | | Z | | O | | N | | O |
28 R | O | D | E | N | T | | 29 S | T | O | N | E | A | G | E |
© 2003, The New York Times
Across
1
Parkland back in the times o' yesteryear (8) :
YOSEMITE5
Talks of southern mountains (6) :
SPEAKS9
Announced small rooms for hawks (5) :
SELLS10
Alpine cat altered California cliff (2,7) :
ELCAPITAN12
Long story associated with log in earthquake area (9) :
EPICENTER13
Climb without a trail (5) :
SCENT14
19
Park official is what a driver might call "alien" (6,6) :
FORESTRANGER22
Brown planks of wood, except for the first (5) :
UMBER24
Bard's dance with a woodland creature (9) :
BALLADEER26
27
One competes with rock-climbers? (5) :
IVIES28
Gopher or woodchuck in lair surrounded by garbage (6) :
RODENT29
Wise, catching shade in rocky stretch? (5,3) :
STONEAGE
Down
1
They agree, enemy's bad (6) :
YESMEN2
Ollie's playing in the sun on the Riviera (6) :
SOLEIL3
Enigmas in my TV show about Time (9) :
MYSTERIES4
Stealing article on foot (5) :
THEFT6
Brit who kept a diary of peers in conversation (5) :
PEPYS7
Battle for an item of neckwear and headwear (8) :
ANTIETAM8
Hazard also involved in part of a seat belt (4,4) :
SANDTRAP11
Some nectar I spilled (7) :
CERTAIN15
Cheese and toast, undercooked and nibbled (7) :
RAREBIT16
Height of happiness, capturing two parts of Everest (9) :
ELEVATION17
Waving a couple of flippers, say (8) :
AFLUTTER18
Larry of the Celtics turned, ran and bounced the basketball (8) :
DRIBBLED20
I rent a convertible, with help in sight (6) :
RETINA21
Castaway changed course (6) :
CRUSOE23
Explorer announced showing broadcast again (5) :
RERAN25
Hungarian composer with tip for audience (5) :
LISZT
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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